Late afternoon of Thursday 25 March
Qualifies with 48 of 149 minutes. Not taken.
16:40 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:09
Pūrṇimā begins 18:20:53
16:1616:4017:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28
48 of 149 minutes covered, the last 48
Ruling · Holī · 2032
Boundaryin Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Fri 26 Mar. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 25 March
Qualifies with 48 of 149 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 149 minutes covered, the last 48
Late afternoon of Friday 26 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer. Holī is the day after.
149 of 149 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:21 on Thu 25 Mar to 19:46 on Fri 26 Mar.
2032-03-25T23:20:53Z → 2032-03-27T00:46:20Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:40–19:09 on the 25th, 16:41–19:10 on the 26th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 48 of 149 minutes on the 25th and 149 of 149 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2182 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Friday 26 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Chicago, 2032: Saturday 27 March.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chicago, Holī 2032 falls on Saturday 27 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Friday 26 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:21 on Thu 25 Mar to 19:46 on Fri 26 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 26th. It also reaches the previous late afternoon for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 27 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 25th | Covered | Sāyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:21 → 17:46 | 16:41 | 148 min | 16:42 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 18:21 → 19:46 | 16:40 | 48 min | 16:41 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Jersey City | 19:21 → 20:46 | 16:45 | 0 min | 16:46 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 19:21 → 20:46 | 15:51 | 0 min | 15:51 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| London | 23:21 → 00:46 | 15:52 | 0 min | 15:54 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Durban | 01:21 → 02:46 | 15:37 | 0 min | 15:35 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Dubai | 03:21 → 04:46 | 16:05 | 0 min | 16:05 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:51 → 06:16 | 16:08 | 0 min | 16:08 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:51 → 06:16 | 15:23 | 0 min | 15:23 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Singapore | 07:21 → 08:46 | 16:48 | 0 min | 16:48 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Sydney | 10:21 → 11:46 | 16:36 | 0 min | 16:34 | 0 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 11:21 → 12:46 | 15:49 | 0 min | 15:47 | 0 min | 27 Mar |